NYIT associate dean swims with sharks

Ernst VanBergeijk, NYIT Vocational Independence Program associate dean and executive director, goes for a dip in the shark tank at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead after losing a bet with his students. VanBergeijk, as part of the annual Dean's Fitness Challenge, had told the students he would swim with sharks if they walked 62 million steps, the equivalent of walking around the circumference of the earth. The students met his challenge. Videojournalist: Randee Daddona (April 26, 2013)

Ernst VanBergeijk, NYIT Vocational Independence Program associate dean and executive director, goes for a dip in the shark tank at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead after losing a bet with his students. VanBergeijk, as part of the annual Dean's Fitness Challenge, had told the students he would swim with sharks if they walked 62 million steps, the equivalent of walking around the circumference of the earth. The students met his challenge. Videojournalist: Randee Daddona (April 26, 2013)

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Ernst VanBergeijk, NYIT Vocational Independence Program associate dean and executive director, goes for a dip in the shark tank at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead after losing a bet with his students. VanBergeijk, as part of the annual Dean's Fitness Challenge, had told the students he would swim with sharks if they walked 62 million steps, the equivalent of walking around the circumference of the earth. The students met his challenge. Videojournalist: Randee Daddona (April 26, 2013)